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It seems that blog readers think that ‘The Wild Swans at Coole‘, ‘Easter 1916‘ or ‘The Second Coming’ are the most likely poems to come up (see poll in post below) in tomorrow’s exam. Perhaps, if you have left revision a little late & time is running out, you might hedge your bets and focus your revision on these three poems…or then again, perhaps not…it might be ‘The Cat and the Moon‘ after all…

Aside from crossing your fingers and hoping that the right poem comes up, you should:

1) Ensure that you know – off by heart – a good selection of key quotations from across the 15 poems.

2) Do last minute essay plans for a couple of questions

3) Read through the mark scheme again to see which Assessment Objectives are marked for this unit.

Please see the new ‘Sample Student Essay’ which contains a genuine student’s response to one of the sample essay questions on ‘Leda and the Swan’. There are also – at the foot of the essay – some comments and suggestions for improvement. Other comments / suggestions for how this essay might have been developed are welcome.